Abstract:In order to investigate the effects of different amounts of straw returned to the field on soil CO2 emission under deep returning condition, an field micro-area experiment was conducted, in which 3 treatments were set, namely CK (no straw returned), T1 (full straw returned, 10 500 kg/hm2), and T2 (double straw returned, 21 000 kg/hm2), soil CO2 emission rate was measured by LI-8100A automatic soil carbon flux analyzer, and its influencing factors were investigated. The results showed that: 1) Straw returning significantly increased CO2 emission rate, with the cumulative CO2 emissions from double and full straw returning significantly higher than those from no straw returning (P<0.01), which increased by 92.53% and 61.95%. 2) CO2 emission rates reached the maximum at 30℃(temperature) and 24% (moisture) under all treatments, and the two-factor fitting model of temperature and moisture was better (R2 = 0.488-0.583) than the single-factor model, indicating that CO2 emission rate was jointly regulated by temperature and moisture. 3)The residual dry matter of straw was 25.54%-28.21% after 100 d of field return, and its degree of decomposition was significantly positively correlated with the cumulative CO2 emission. The decomposition of straw increased soil organic carbon, microbial biomass carbon, available phosphorus and potassium contents, which promoted CO2 emission. In conclusion, the characteristics of soil CO2 emissions are affected by soil temperature, moisture and other nutrients, and the increase of straw returned to the field can promote soil nutrients, CO2 emission and soil respiration.